St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-11

the vest and in clusters on the front and
sides, or as a border across the foot in
front. Blouse waists for all outdoor
costumes are still in great favor. Sal or
collars produce a jaunty effect, and the
sash, falling on one side, gives the re-
Quired finish.
THE IRls PRESSIBLE BLUE FLANNEL
still leads for boating and yachting.
Some very jannty costumes are of red
and blue flannel or light wool about
equally mixed; but after all blue
trimmed with cream or striped flannel
suits are more worn than anything else.
Felt hats keep company with rough,
SerViceable costumes and in red OF blue
chiefly they form most suitable finish.
Elegant shade hats of fine Leghorn, bent
in artistic droOpingS and trimmed by
garlandS or loose.
Though linen colorS and cuffs are
worn with plain WOODEN dresses, ruch-
ing is still more fashionable trimming
for the neck and sleeves of handsome
costumes, whether of silk, wool or vel
vet. Crepe liSSe bOX-plaited ruching
with silk edge comes in white, cream
and black. 1t has patented band with
fine wire run through it, warranted to
hold the ruching in place. Crepe lisse
ruching i'll shell pattern comes i'll white
and cream, black, with a patent band,
and is very popular. a treble ruching
in double boX-plaitS, made of crepe liSSe,
with silk edge, in white and cream,
with patent band. has also been i'll
good sale. In shell pattern crepe lisSe
ruching with fancy border the beauty
and the novelty of the pattern lie in the
peculiar border. 1t consists of fine lines
of contrasting colorS, so fine, indeed.
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color of a peculiarly beautiful appear
ance. The sale of the latter has been
quite large during the season.
4 new Partisan method of draping
and fitting cloaks and bodices, novel in
its character. does away with seams, and
Grapes and fits entirely by means of
folds. AS long. flowing draperieS are
not suitable to the average woman, this
new mode. it is thought. will not prove
very popular. Late styles from Paris
indicate a reversal of the ordinary rule
in the combination of light and heavy
fabrics. Up to the present, it is said, it
has been looked upon as the natural
order of things that the heavier fabric
should form the groundwork of the cos
tune and that the more delicate textile
should be used for the trimming and the
various adjuncts: but now this is all
changed, the groundwork of the dress
skirt being of the lighter fabric and the
heavier one used for the drapery and
adjunctS.
MIR. TOMMY PREVIOUS
has had his walking papers fully made
out and served on him by Old Coupon S
daughter Clara. Every one at Long
Beach has heard the story. and each
said it served him right. Clara is hid
ing a great deal of grief. but, foolish
girl, she ought to rejoice at having es-
capped Il wretched life with mall that
sought her only for her fathers money.
Clara is not pretty. but she is good
girl, an intelligent girl, and will make Il
good husband q model wife. 1t was last
winter that in a church choir she met
Tommy Previous. He was the tenor.
who belonged to it. Tommy OH week
days sold undershirts and drawers in a
gentleman's furnishing store. He
knew Old Coupon well. and he improved
1.-THE shining hour with his daughter.
Pa had higher views for his only child,
but Clara pleaded her impecunious
lovers cause so well. got pale. and
pinned, and held her own so persistently
that pa relented and sanctioned the en-
gagement, but stipulated that Tommy
must go into business for himself and
wait a year. Early Ill the spring MI
Previous rented a store. Old Coupon
stocked it. a gold and black sign
showed where Clara heart WAS and the
best fitting shirts could be had.
The Coupon family have a cottage at
Long Beach, and Mr.. Previous has spent
almost every Sunday there. He be
haved himself so admirably that the old
man knocked off three months cOmmu-
tatiOn on the time Tommy was doing.
and the preparations were going on for
a wedding i'll October. Clara came to
town to visit an aunt for few days, and
on Sunday last it was arranged that on
Monday Mr.. Previous was to accompany
them both to some relatives in Jersey,
meet them at the 5O'clOch train at the
Courtlandt street Ferry: and thus they
parted. Tommy met some lady friends.
and made one of quartet who lunched
at dow n-town restaurant. Things got
so pleasant that they concluded to hold